Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1962

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1962 based on NOAA data.

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1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 8
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	72 °F	September 1
Lowest daily high	8 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	October 4
Most daily snow	4.4 inches	October 26
Total annual precipitation	32.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	41.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1962?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1962 was 94 °F which happened on July 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 8
2	93 °F	May 18
3	92 °F	May 19
4	91 °F	Aug 20
4	91 °F	Jul 7
6	90 °F	Aug 31
6	90 °F	Jun 18
6	90 °F	May 20
6	90 °F	May 17
10	89 °F	Aug 30
10	89 °F	Aug 6
10	89 °F	Apr 27

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1962?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1962 was -10 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	February 11
2	-4 °F	December 31
3	-2 °F	December 30
3	-2 °F	February 10
5	2 °F	January 31
6	3 °F	December 12
7	4 °F	February 7
8	5 °F	December 21
8	5 °F	December 13
8	5 °F	December 11
8	5 °F	February 13
8	5 °F	January 30
8	5 °F	January 12
8	5 °F	January 11

January 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 2	25	6	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 6	51	33	1.09	0.0
January 7	53	34	0.26	0.0
January 8	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 9	24	13	0.00	0.0
January 10	18	8	0.00	0.0
January 11	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	7	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	13	0.00	0.0
January 15	55	36	0.88	0.0
January 16	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	25	9	0.03	0.7
January 20	27	13	0.04	1.1
January 21	31	11	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	30	0.04	0.0
January 23	44	18	0.00	0.0
January 24	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	28	0.00	0.0
January 26	42	24	0.27	0.3
January 27	41	18	0.04	0.0
January 28	21	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	12	0.01	0.3
January 30	37	5	0.01	0.3
January 31	19	2	0.00	0.0

February 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	20	13	0.00	0.3
February 2	26	10	0.02	0.6
February 3	32	25	0.03	0.6
February 4	47	27	0.00	0.0
February 5	55	31	0.09	0.0
February 6	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 7	16	4	0.00	0.1
February 8	34	9	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	22	0.18	2.4
February 10	22	-2	0.00	0.0
February 11	14	-10	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	5	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	21	0.24	3.2
February 15	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	29	18	0.01	0.3
February 17	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 18	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 19	28	23	0.02	0.1
February 20	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	30	14	0.02	0.4
February 22	38	27	0.01	0.1
February 23	35	28	0.36	1.0
February 24	36	16	1.24	2.1
February 25	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 26	42	28	0.33	0.0
February 27	38	34	0.11	0.0
February 28	41	31	0.38	0.0

March 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	10	0.00	0.0
March 2	21	7	0.00	0.0
March 3	25	6	0.00	0.0
March 4	29	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	31	0.02	0.5
March 7	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	18	0.00	0.0
March 9	38	22	0.04	0.6
March 10	46	25	0.03	0.3
March 11	46	30	0.03	0.4
March 12	43	32	0.58	0.7
March 13	45	33	0.05	0.1
March 14	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	28	0.00	0.1
March 17	41	30	0.00	0.1
March 18	43	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	48	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	36	0.18	0.0
March 22	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	49	25	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	30	0.00	0.0
March 29	76	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	78	51	0.06	0.0
March 31	55	39	0.99	0.0

April 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	34	0.71	0.1
April 2	42	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	41	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	50	22	0.00	0.0
April 5	62	30	0.00	0.0
April 6	59	43	0.31	0.0
April 7	62	48	0.51	0.0
April 8	56	39	0.00	0.0
April 9	55	34	0.13	0.0
April 10	57	37	0.00	0.0
April 11	54	39	0.00	0.0
April 12	50	35	0.46	0.2
April 13	39	35	0.08	0.1
April 14	45	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	40	31	0.16	2.5
April 16	38	29	0.00	0.1
April 17	46	28	0.00	0.0
April 18	55	31	0.04	0.0
April 19	51	34	0.06	0.0
April 20	57	32	0.00	0.0
April 21	65	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	83	52	0.00	0.0
April 23	71	42	0.00	0.0
April 24	61	35	0.00	0.0
April 25	82	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	87	48	0.00	0.0
April 27	89	57	0.00	0.0
April 28	87	62	0.00	0.0
April 29	85	65	0.03	0.0
April 30	70	54	0.10	0.0

May 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	48	0.00
May 2	52	46	0.15
May 3	68	44	0.00
May 4	71	49	0.00
May 5	77	48	0.00
May 6	76	49	0.03
May 7	60	43	0.00
May 8	44	40	0.11
May 9	58	38	0.00
May 10	63	34	0.00
May 11	67	43	0.00
May 12	69	39	0.00
May 13	65	49	0.00
May 14	74	50	0.00
May 15	87	58	0.00
May 16	80	57	0.00
May 17	90	54	0.00
May 18	93	65	0.00
May 19	92	64	0.00
May 20	90	59	0.26
May 21	76	55	0.00
May 22	77	46	0.00
May 23	79	51	0.00
May 24	83	62	0.14
May 25	75	58	0.00
May 26	77	57	0.00
May 27	74	52	0.00
May 28	65	54	0.00
May 29	77	50	0.00
May 30	80	62	0.00
May 31	87	65	0.15

June 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	59	0.08
June 2	73	52	0.00
June 3	77	47	0.00
June 4	78	52	0.00
June 5	66	61	0.31
June 6	77	56	0.00
June 7	80	48	0.00
June 8	82	51	0.00
June 9	85	53	0.00
June 10	86	62	0.00
June 11	87	66	0.16
June 12	73	59	0.28
June 13	60	57	0.35
June 14	68	56	0.00
June 15	76	57	0.26
June 16	83	51	0.00
June 17	86	56	0.00
June 18	90	66	0.00
June 19	86	67	0.00
June 20	71	61	0.00
June 21	76	60	0.00
June 22	77	59	0.00
June 23	85	63	0.08
June 24	78	65	0.00
June 25	84	60	0.00
June 26	80	58	0.19
June 27	80	51	0.00
June 28	83	55	0.00
June 29	83	57	0.00
June 30	86	60	0.00

July 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	60	0.00
July 2	82	50	0.00
July 3	83	54	0.00
July 4	84	55	0.00
July 5	84	49	0.00
July 6	84	54	0.00
July 7	91	57	0.00
July 8	94	61	0.00
July 9	85	62	0.00
July 10	84	58	0.00
July 11	85	54	0.00
July 12	77	65	0.24
July 13	86	64	0.00
July 14	75	59	0.03
July 15	85	58	0.00
July 16	84	57	0.00
July 17	81	61	0.00
July 18	69	59	0.50
July 19	85	58	0.00
July 20	87	58	0.00
July 21	85	64	0.00
July 22	82	59	0.02
July 23	77	60	0.58
July 24	77	57	0.00
July 25	82	52	0.00
July 26	78	56	0.00
July 27	75	51	0.00
July 28	82	51	0.00
July 29	78	64	0.00
July 30	85	64	0.00
July 31	86	68	0.11

August 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	63	0.09
August 2	82	56	0.00
August 3	88	56	0.00
August 4	75	65	0.00
August 5	80	64	0.00
August 6	89	71	0.00
August 7	80	66	0.25
August 8	85	61	0.00
August 9	68	59	0.96
August 10	61	58	0.06
August 11	70	55	0.03
August 12	80	51	0.00
August 13	77	61	0.00
August 14	75	60	0.20
August 15	79	56	0.00
August 16	85	56	0.00
August 17	81	61	0.51
August 18	76	50	0.00
August 19	83	51	0.04
August 20	91	70	0.04
August 21	85	61	0.30
August 22	80	58	0.00
August 23	79	54	0.00
August 24	79	56	0.00
August 25	81	61	0.00
August 26	83	64	0.00
August 27	85	63	1.53
August 28	77	63	0.04
August 29	83	66	0.00
August 30	89	64	0.00
August 31	90	62	0.00

September 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	72	0.00
September 2	74	57	0.05
September 3	79	54	0.00
September 4	74	56	0.07
September 5	67	53	0.26
September 6	65	44	0.00
September 7	71	38	0.00
September 8	76	44	0.00
September 9	73	55	0.00
September 10	82	68	0.29
September 11	75	63	0.00
September 12	78	57	0.00
September 13	84	51	0.00
September 14	80	58	0.38
September 15	78	47	0.00
September 16	73	47	0.00
September 17	65	55	0.08
September 18	64	51	0.04
September 19	58	45	0.01
September 20	57	38	0.00
September 21	57	33	0.00
September 22	58	40	0.00
September 23	64	42	0.00
September 24	66	42	0.00
September 25	62	44	0.08
September 26	65	52	0.00
September 27	59	51	1.43
September 28	58	53	0.45
September 29	57	48	0.00
September 30	65	43	0.00

October 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	67	41	0.00	0.0
October 2	74	42	0.00	0.0
October 3	75	48	0.00	0.0
October 4	64	56	1.54	0.0
October 5	60	56	1.25	0.0
October 6	63	55	0.00	0.0
October 7	57	49	0.00	0.0
October 8	66	48	0.12	0.0
October 9	63	54	0.39	0.0
October 10	67	53	0.06	0.0
October 11	74	52	0.20	0.0
October 12	77	54	0.08	0.0
October 13	59	43	0.00	0.0
October 14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
October 15	69	49	0.00	0.0
October 16	76	55	0.00	0.0
October 17	66	45	0.00	0.0
October 18	59	35	0.00	0.0
October 19	68	38	0.00	0.0
October 20	70	40	0.00	0.0
October 21	61	44	0.06	0.0
October 22	56	36	0.00	0.0
October 23	56	39	0.02	0.0
October 24	46	32	0.01	0.0
October 25	38	27	0.00	0.0
October 26	34	31	0.35	4.4
October 27	43	30	0.00	0.0
October 28	61	36	0.05	0.0
October 29	52	30	0.00	0.0
October 30	40	29	1.13	0.0
October 31	43	39	0.20	0.0

November 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	45	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	49	29	0.00	0.0
November 3	40	32	0.87	3.2
November 4	35	32	0.00	0.0
November 5	40	24	0.00	0.0
November 6	37	25	0.00	0.1
November 7	48	21	0.00	0.0
November 8	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 9	47	30	0.01	0.0
November 10	54	44	0.85	0.0
November 11	44	36	0.03	0.0
November 12	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	36	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	37	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 16	46	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	43	35	0.02	0.0
November 18	36	30	0.24	1.1
November 19	35	24	0.00	0.0
November 20	36	29	0.00	0.2
November 21	45	36	0.10	0.0
November 22	45	34	0.67	0.0
November 23	41	33	0.00	0.0
November 24	40	32	0.01	0.0
November 25	34	26	0.00	0.0
November 26	42	20	0.00	0.0
November 27	52	22	0.00	0.0
November 28	57	28	0.00	0.0
November 29	53	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	55	26	0.00	0.0

December 1962 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	55	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	27	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	29	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	26	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	33	0.07	0.0
December 6	45	30	1.19	0.4
December 7	30	27	0.06	1.3
December 8	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	23	0.19	2.8
December 10	24	15	0.03	0.6
December 11	18	5	0.00	0.0
December 12	16	3	0.00	0.0
December 13	12	5	0.00	0.1
December 14	19	7	0.01	0.2
December 15	22	6	0.02	0.6
December 16	25	10	0.02	0.6
December 17	31	10	0.02	0.3
December 18	35	31	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	7	0.00	0.0
December 21	23	5	0.08	1.0
December 22	33	22	0.24	1.0
December 23	38	25	0.01	0.3
December 24	26	17	0.00	0.0
December 25	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 28	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	30	18	0.23	3.0
December 30	25	-2	0.03	0.7
December 31	8	-4	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Wilkes-Barre International Airport	location
1893–1948	Wilkes-Barre	location